Life Shocks and Crime: A Test of the "Turning Point" Hypothesis

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1177-1202

  Corman, Hope ^a   Noonan, Kelly ^a   Reichman, Nancy E ^b   Schwartz Soicher, Ofira ^c  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Crime; Incarceration; Turning points

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960506095     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0042-3     Document Type: Article

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